Shubo Liang

Shubo Liang

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Shubo Liang

State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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24 September 2022 in Nature Communications
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XTXiaoling Tong
Xiaoling Tong
MHMin-Jin Han
Min-Jin Han
KLKunpeng Lu
Kunpeng Lu
STShuaishuai Tai
Shuaishuai Tai
SLShubo Liang
Shubo Liang
FDFangyin Dai
Fangyin Dai
The silkwormBombyx moriis an important economic insect for producing silk, the “queen of fabrics”. The currently available genomes limit the understanding of its genetic diversity and the discovery of valuable alleles for breeding. Here, we deeply re-sequence 1,078 silkworms and assemble long-read genomes for 545 representatives. We construct a high-resolution pan-genome dataset representing almost the entire genomic content in the silkworm. We find that the silkworm population harbors a high density of genomic variants and identify 7308 new genes, 4260 (22%) core genes, and 3,432,266 non-redundant structure variations (SVs). We reveal hundreds of genes and SVs that may contribute to the artificial selection (domestication and breeding) of silkworm. Further, we focus on four genes responsible, respectively, for two economic (silk yield and silk fineness) and two ecologically adaptive traits (egg diapause and aposematic coloration). Taken together, our population-scale genomic resources will promote functional genomics studies and breeding improvement for silkworm.